Readers have said contractors deserve to use the Madingley Park and Ride like everyone else – after claims users of the service were facing a ‘nightmare’ over Christmas due to workers taking up spaces.

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“The council could have and should have foreseen this and insisted that contractors' vehicles are accommodated elsewhere.”

Park and ride user Scarlett Rust said the situation was “ridiculous” and had been getting worse as more people come into the area for Christmas shopping.

She said she had ended up parking on a verge nearby because all the spaces were taken up.

Another user, Suzie Miles, said motorists have been encouraged to use the park and rides and not take cars into Cambridge, but can’t use them.

She questioned whether there could be a separate designated area for the contractors to use.

A spokesman for Cambridgeshire County Council said it had contacted the contractors to ask them if they could park on the site they are developing, but that, as long as they were paying to use the park and ride, there was very little that could be done.